Nietzsche in Turin

yewenjie wrote: post #4

The great philosophical film The Turin Horse by Bela Tarr starts with the account of Nietzsche's mental breakdown in Turin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turin_Horse

I seem to remember it’s also in Beyond Good and Evil by Liliana Cavani

Re: Nietzsche in Turin

#8

Post by santiagobasulto » Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 6:00 AM UTC

I just moved to Turin and I just want to say that is an absolutely beautiful city. Is you ever are in Italy, it might not be part of any “top 10 places to see in Italy” posts, but it’s worth.

Amazing food (Piedmontese food + Savoie food from the neighboring France region), beautiful mountains, amazing people (Politecnico of Torino is huge), and great wine as well (Barolo, timorasso).

Re: Nietzsche in Turin

#9

Post by dang » Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 6:08 AM UTC

kentrado wrote: post #3

A disgusting and mean spirited account of Nietzsche's life. Not worth reading.

"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If you want to give us something more substantive about Nietzsche, I'm all in favor - but please don't just post dyspeptic dismissals. Even if the article is as bad as you say, if that is all you have to say, it only degrades the forum. Better to remember that everything is basically crap and not say anything.

(p.s. I think John Gray is a tad overrated but at least his topics are interesting, and 'disgusting and mean spirited' doesn't track the article as I read it)

Re: Nietzsche in Turin

#10

Post by dang » Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 6:09 AM UTC

yewenjie wrote: post #4

The great philosophical film The Turin Horse by Bela Tarr starts with the account of Nietzsche's mental breakdown in Turin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turin_Horse

The Nietzsche horse scene (I mean the original event) is indeed haunting. I wonder how many times it has been used artistically.